George Hinkle and Achsah Plummer
Husband George Hinkle
Born: Abt 1734 - New Hanover, Pa Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: George Rudolphus Henckel (1701-1788) 1 Mother: Anna Maria ( - )
Marriage: 28 Jan 1755 - Frederick Co., Md
Wife Achsah Plummer
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - George Hinkle
RLH:
The following is from a research article sent to me by Robert L. Hess of Oakland, California. See notes under George Rudolph Henckel. According to The Henckel Genealogy (pgs 154-55) the children of George Rudolph were George, John Balthasar, Philip Christopher, Jacob, Margaret, Henry, and other daughters. Recent research shows that this list was correct, though incomplete. Numbers in brackets indicate notes.
George[57] Hinkle (Henkel), Jr. born in 1734 in New Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania.[58] He accompanied his parents when they moved from Pennsylvania to the Monocacy settlement in Maryland.[1] He is probably the Georg Henckel who sponsored the baptism of a daughter of Peter and Catharine Apple (his aunt) at the Frederick Lutheran church on 1 Jul 1750.[28] As a young adult he became thoroughly Anglicized: he joined the (English-speaking) Quaker congregation meeting at nearby Bush Creek, Maryland, where he married Achsah Plummer in December 1754.[58,65] They had nine children.[58] He obtained patents for two tracts of land between Bush Creek and Linganore Creek in Frederick County (Cloudy Weather, 50 acres, 1755[66]; and George's Delight, 49 1/2 acres, in 1760[67]). As did all Quakers, George conscientiously objected to taking up arms against the Indians, and he and his family seem to have remained on their land when other settlers fled during the French and Indian War. (Nonetheless, he may have been the George Hinckle who, with Quakers and many others, was forced to join the militia of Frederick County during the height of the alert there in 1757.[68]) Then in Sept 1765 George Hinckle, farmer, purchased 150 more acres (Duvall's Forest[69]) and paid quit-rents on all three of his tracts in Frederick County each year until the records cease in l773.[43] Shortly after the Revolutionary War, this George Hinkle moved his family west to the vicinity of Cumberland, Maryland -- to the part of Washington County soon to become Allegany County. In 1784 he sold his Cloudy Weather tract,[70] and in 1786 sold his other two tracts of land in Frederick County (George's Delight and Duvall's Forest.)[71] In both deeds he made his mark instead of signing, and wife "Achsey" gave her consent.[70,71] Their sons and daughters accompanied them in the move to (now) Allegany County. On their farm near Cumberland, George and his son George Plummer Hinkel built a small blockhouse known locally as "Hinkel's Fort" as protection against Indians.[58] He acquired land nearby (Willot's Choice, 100 acres, 1785[72]; Flemings Lott, 100 acres, 1791[73]; and Great Friendship, 45 acres, in 1793[74]). George died 11 Sep 1803 on his farm home six miles east of Cumberland.[58]
NOTES for GEORGE HINKLE:
1. Our Georg Henckel, Jr., is not to be confused with Gerhard Henckel's son George, who was residing in Pennsylvania in the 1750s and married to Barbara, nor with George Henry Hinkell who arrived in America in 1739 and reportedly married Agnes Wolf.[100]
28. Register of the Lutheran church at Frederick, MD (as translated in Maryland German Church Records, Vol. 3); under baptisms:
Peter Apple (wife's name not given here) had two children baptized:
• Peter, born 6 Mar 1744, bapt. 26 Mar 1744
• Anna Magdalena, born in Jan 1750, bapt. 1 Jul 1750 (sponsors were Georg Henckel and Catharine Fauth)
43. Maryland Debt Books (original manuscript volumes at the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, that list land tracts, their owners, and quit-rents owed each year 1756 through 1773):
George Hinkle [Jr.] (of Bush Creek):
1756 through 1773, Cloudy Weather, 50 acres
1762 through 1773, Georges Delight, 49 1/2 acres
1766 through 1773, Duvalls Forrest, 150 acres
57. Correspondence from John F. Dern of Redwood City, CA, to Robert L. Hess, Oakland, CA, 6 Aug 1993:
"About 1787, #521 [Rev.] Paul Hinkel listed the children of Georg Henkel, son of the 'ersten Henkel' [the first Henkel in America, Anthony Jacob Henckel], as: George, Balser, Jacob, Margret Schmit, Philip, Jo___. He knew them all ... I have never settled on ... a plausible reason for the order in which he listed them."
58. The Henckel Genealogy; page 154.
65. Minutes of the Fairfax monthly meetings of the Quaker church (photocopy on Maryland State Archives microfilm #M617). (The meetings of this congregation alternated between Waterford in Fairfax County, Virginia, and Bush Creek in the Monocacy settlement, Frederick County, Maryland.)
"At our monthly meeting of Fairfax held at Monocacy the 28th of May 1754 ... George Hinkle and Achsah Plummer appeared here and announced their intention of marriage with each other, this being the first" [announcement].
20 Nov 1754 [at Monocacy], the second announcement.
28 Dec 1754 [at Fairfax], "the Friends appointed to attend the marriage of George Hinkle not appearing, ..." they are desired to give the reasons at the next meeting.
28 Jan 1755 [at Monocacy], "the Friends appointed to attend the marriage of George Hinkle ... have satisfied this meeting for not appearing." (The Potomac River had been too full for them to cross in December and report to the meeting that the marriage had been orderly accomplished.)
66. Maryland Land Records: Book BC&GS-5 page 151 (8 Jan 1755, survey of Cloudy Weather, 50 acres, for George Hinkle [Jr.] of Frederick County, based on warrant purchased 10 Nov 1754); and Book BC&GS-6, page 21 (8 Jan 1755, patent to George Hinkle [Jr.] for Cloudy Weather, 50 acres.
67. Maryland Land Records: Book BC&GS-12, page 524 (29 March 1760, survey of Georges Delight on a draught of Monocacy, 49 1/2 acres, for George Hinkle [Jr.] based on a warrant to George Hinkle 9 Oct 1759); and Book BC&GS-15, page 5 (29 March 1760, patent to George Hinkle [Jr.] for Georges Delight, 49 1/2 acres).
68. Pioneers of Old Monocacy, page 380 (about 1757, on the muster roll of Captain John Middaugh's Company of Militia ... George Hinkle).
69. Frederick County, MD, Deed Book K, page 163 (9 Sep 1765, George Hankel [Jr.] farmer, bought Duvall's Forest, 150 acres, from William Duvall for 10 pounds).
70. Frederick County, MD, Deed Book, WR-3, page 252 (Oct 1784, George Hinkle of Washington County sold Cloudy Weather, 150 acres, in Frederick County).
71. Frederick County, , Deed Book WR-6, pages 317-318.
72. Washington County, MD, Deed Book D, page 700 (Jan 1785, George Hinckle bought Willots Choice, 100 acres [in what is now Allegany County, at that time still part of Washington County]).
73. Allegany County, MD, Deed Book A, page 58 (26 Mar 1791, George "Inkle" of "Alleghane" County bought Flemings Lott, 100 acres).
74. Allegany County, MD, Deed Book A, page 270 (23 Feb 1793, George Hinkel, Sr., sold to William Hendrickson Great Friendship, 45 acres, for 20 pounds).
HENCKEL GENEALOGICAL BULLETIN:
The following description is part of an article by Robert L. Hess in the Spring 2005 (Vol 36, No 1) issue of the Henckel Genealogical Bulletin about George Rudolphus Henckel (q. v.) and his children. Numbers in brackets indicate notes which follow.
George Hinkle (Henkel)[113] was born 1734 in New Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania; died September 11, 18O3,[114] at his farm home six miles east of Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; married Achsah Plummer at the settlement near Bush Creek, a few miles southeast of what is now the city of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland; died prior to 1793.[115] Nine children.
George (the son), accompanied his parents when they moved from Pennsylvania and settled initially in the area southeast of the town of Frederick, Maryland. He may be the Georg Henckel who sponsored the baptism of Magdalene, daughter of Peter and Catharine Apple, at the Frederick Lutheran church on 1 July 1750.[116] He became a member of the Quaker congregation meeting at nearby Bush Creek, Maryland, and married Achsah Plummer, a Quaker, in December 1754.[117] In May 1756 he signed a petition to have All Saints Parish (which had the same boundary as Frederick County) divided into two parishes. Among other signers were John Plummer, Thomas Plummer, and Jeremiah Plummer.[118]
This George Hinkle obtained patents for two contiguous tracts of land, located between Bush Creek and Linganore Creek: Cloudy Weather, 50 acres, in January 1755;[119] and George's Delight, 49 1/2 acres, 29 March 1760.[120] As did all Quakers in the area, George conscientiously objected to fighting the Indians, and he and his family seem to have remained on his land when other settlers fled during the French and Indian War. Nonetheless, he seems to be the George Hinkle who, with Quakers and many others, was forced to join the militia to defend Frederick County during the height of alert there in 1757.[121]
On 9 September 1765 this George Hinkle, then of Frederick County, farmer, purchased a 150-acre tract called Duvall's Forest,[122] about four miles from Cloudy Weather and George's Delight. He continued to pay quit-rents on all three of these tracts in Frederick County each year after he obtained them until the records cease in 1773.[123]
Shortly after the Revolutionary War, this George Hinkle moved his family to the vicinity of Cumberland, Maryland -- this part of Washington County soon to become Allegany County. In October 1784 he sold Cloudy Weather in Frederick County (he made his mark instead of signing), and wife Achsah gave her consent.[124] On 9 February 1786 he sold George's Delight and Duvall's Forest, again making his mark, and again wife Achsey gave her consent.[125] George Hinkle [HG#41] was the first of the family to locate in a small fertile valley about six or seven miles east of Cumberland in what is now Allegany County, Maryland. Here with his son, George Plummer Hinkle, he built a small blockhouse in 1784 as protection against the Indians.
George and Achsah's sons and daughters accompanied them in the move to (now) Allegany County. Their eldest daughter, Charlotta, born about 1760, married William Hendrickson in 1778 at Frederick Town.[126] His Revolutionary War pension application shows that William entered militia service as a private at Frederick in July 1776, was discharged, enlisted again at Frederick, served ten more weeks, and went to live near Fort Cumberiand "during the Revolutionary War" and resided there about 20 years.[127]
It is hard for the present day descendant to comprehend the many difficulties confronting the emigrant of colonial times with old country habits of speech in homes, churches, and schools. The settlers in Maryland, in Virginia, and elsewhere in the colonies, while frugal and self-sufficient in meeting the many problems of pioneer life, were in many instances in dire peril of attacks by the Indian tribes who were being dispossessed of their hunting grounds.
The block house built in 1784, later known as "Hinkle's Fort," was strongly constructed and proved useful during the unsettled period following the close of the Revolutionary War. The Hinkle cemetery is located nearby on a portion of the farm established by George Hinkle. Here he is buried beside his son George Plummer Hinkel and other members of his family. Many other graves are included in this pioneer cemetery.
In Washington (now Allegany) County, George Hinckel began acquiring land, both for himself and potentially for his sons and his sons-in-law. First, he bought Willot's Choice there, 100 acres, on 7 January 1785.[129] On 26 March 1791 "George Inkle of Alleghane" County bought Flemings Lott, 100 acres, which, as George Hinkle, Sr., he sold to his son-in-law William Hendrickson. Again George marked his "X." Achsah may have died by then, as no wife appeared to give consent.[130] His other land transactions included:
23 February 1793. William Hendrickson to George Hinkel, Sr. Consideration 20 pounds. Tract Great Friendship adjoining Flemmings Lot and Willet's Choice, 45 acres.[131]
25 August 1803, George Hinkle, Sr., to his son George [Plummer] Hinkle, Jr. Consideration $5.00. On account of his natural love and affection, two tracts of land, Willet's Choice 100 acres and Great Friendship 45 acres adjoining Flemmngs Lot and Willets Choice. (Signed) George (X) Hinkle, Senr. Witnesses: Benjamin Munroe, Harrison Briscoe.[132]
Note:. It is sometimes difficult to establish the movements and points of settlement of the Henckels, Henkels, Hinkles, Henkles in Frederick County, Maryland.[133] It formerly included what is now Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties. Washington County was established 6 September 1776 out of Frederick, and Garrett County out of Alleghany in 1789.
NOTES:
113. Rev. Paul Henckel's letter, ca. 1787, identified George as the name of one of the sons of [HG#4] George Rudolph Henckel, and he was identified thus, as [HG#41] in The Henckel Genealogy. Although it was later pointed out there had been no "proof" of this identity, more research and analysis leads now to the conclusion that this identity was indeed correct. The convincing argument for this derives from a logical process of elimination, as follows. The George Hinkle here, despite his obvious German surname, was thoroughly Anglicized: he married an English wife, joined a close-knit English-speaking Quaker community, and his daughters all married men having English surnames. After George Rudolph Henckel had come from Germany with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1717, we know (from the letter from Rev Paul Henkel about 1787) that he had a son George. The latter, although he was of German-speaking parents, grew up in English colonies. (And the only other grandson of the immigrant Anthony Jacob Henckel named George [HG #23] was residing in Pennsylvania, not Maryland, in the 1750s, and married to Barbara, not Achsah.) A George Henry Hinkell arrived in 1739, but he married Agnes Wolf (Wolf Family Tree Assoc.). Additional Henckel families immigrated later. See "Henckel Genealogical Bulletin" 27:1064-66 (Fall 1996), but it would not have been possible for any of these later Henckel immigrants to have a son who became sufficiently Anglicized by the 1750s to be this George Hinkle who married Achsah.
114. From records of Albert Bell Hinkle [HG#4132341] of "The Henckel Genealogy".
115. This George Hinkle [Jr.] has occasionally been misidentified as the George Henry Hinkle, sometimes known also as "George Hinkel, Jr.," who resided on Israel Creek during the late 1760s. Although the latter was a relative, he was not this son of [HG#4] George Rudolph Henckel.
116. Register of the Lutheran church at Frederick, MD; under baptisms.
117. Minutes of the Fairfax [Quaker] meetings in Virginia, which included also the meetings at Bush Creek in the Monocacy settlement in Maryland (photocopy of the original on microfilm #M617 at the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis); June 1755: "At our monthly meeting ... held at Monocacy the 28 of May 1754 ... George Hinkle and Achsah Plummer presented their intentions of marriage with each other ..."
118. Archives of Maryland, Black Book 10:46.
119. Maryland Land Records Book BC&GS-5:151, 8 January 1755, survey of Cloudy Weather, 50 acres, for George Hinkle of Frederick County, based on warrant purchased 10 November 1754; and Book BC&GS-6:21 8 January 1755, patent to George Hinkle for Cloudy Weather, 50 acres.
120. Maryland Land Records Book BC&GS:524: 29 March 1760, survey of Georges Delight on a draught of Monocacy. 49 1/2 acres, for George Hinkle, based on a warrant to George Hinkle 9 October 1759; and Book BC&GS-15:5, 29 March 1760, patent to George Hinkle for Georges Delight, 49 1/2 acres.
121. Pioneers of Old Monocacy, 380: on the muster roll of Captain John Middaugh's Company of Militia.
122. Frederick County, MD, Deed Book K:163 (9 September 1765, George Hankel, farmer, bought Duvall's Forest, 150 acres, from William Duvall for 10 pounds.
123. Maryland Debt Books; 1756 through 1773.
124. Frederick County, MD, Deed Book, WR-3:252 (October 1784, George Hinkle of Washington County sold Cloudy Weather 150 acres, in Frederick County).
125. Frederick County, MD, Deed Book WR-6:317-318.
126. The Henckel Genealogy, 156 (children of George and Achsah Hinkle).
127. Revolutionary War Pension Application of William Hendrickson, Certificate S2301.
129. Washington County, MD, Deed Book D:700.
130. Al1egany County, MD, Deed Book A:58 (recorded 9 May 1791).
131. Allegany County, MD, Deed Book A:266 (recorded 23 February 1793).
132. Allegany County. MD, Deed Book D:33 (recorded 25 August 1803).
133. Although Virginia did claim the Ohio Valley (well to the west of what are now Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties), the part of Maryland where the Henckels/Hinkels lived was never in dispute.
THE HENCKEL GENEALOGY:
The following is on page 154 of The Henckel Genealogy:
41 George (Rudolph ?) Hinkle (Henkel), Jr., born 1734 New Hanover Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania; died September 11, 1803 (from record of Albert Bell Hinkle (#4132341 this genealogy) at his farm home six miles east of Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; married Anna Maria (Plummer ?), very probably, at the settlement of Israel's Creek near Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland; died prior to 1793. Nine (9) children.
George Hinkle, Jr., was probably the first of the family to locate in a small fertile valley about six or seven miles east of Cumberland in what is now Allegany County, Maryland. Here with his son, George Plummer Hinkle, he built a small block house in 1784 as protection against the Indians.
It is hard for the present day descendant to comprehend the many difficulties confronting the emigrant of Colonial times with old country habits of speech in homes, churches, and schools. The German settlers in Maryland, in Virginia and elsewhere in the colonies, while frugal and self-sufficient in meeting the many problems of pioneer life, were in many instances in dire peril of attacks by the Indian tribes who were being dispossessed of their hunting grounds. In "Western Maryland" by Scharf (Volume 1, pp. 96-7) we find the following: "After Braddock's defeat July 9, 1755, Indian savagery seemed to be at its worst. For seven years these attacks continued forcing the settlers to move into the forts at Cumberland and Frederick."
The "Block House" built in 1784 later known as Hinkle's Fort was strongly constructed and proved useful during the unsettled period following the close of the Revolutionary War. The Hinkle cemetery is located nearby on a portion of the farm established by George Hinkle, Jr. Here he is buried beside his son, George Plummer Hinkle and other members of his family. Many other graves are included in this pioneer cemetery.
Land transactions of George Hinkle (Henkel) son of George Rudolphus Henkel (Henckel) in Allegany County, Maryland, in part:
(Deed Book "A," page 266), February 23, 1793, George Hinkle, Sr., of Allegany County, Maryland to William Hendrickson. Consideration 75 pounds. Tract called "Flemmings Lot" (originally granted to John Flemming) 100 acres. Signed George (X) Hinkle Witnesses: John H. Bayard, Joseph Kelly
(Deed Book "A," page 270), February 23, 1793. William Hendrickson to George Hinkle, Sr. Consideration 20 pounds. Tract "Great Friendship" adjoining "Flemmings Lot" and "Willetts Choice" 45 acres.
Deed Book "D," page 33, August 25, 1803, George Hinkle, Sr., to George (Plummer) Hinkle, Jr. Consideration $5.00. On account of his natural love and affection two tracts of land "Willetts Choice" 100 acres and "Great Friendship" 45 acres adjoining "Flemmings Lot" and "Willetts Choice." (Signed) George (X) Hinkle Witnesses: Benjamin Munroe; Harrison Briscoe. Signature of wife of George Hinkle, Sr., not attached.
NOTE: It is sometimes difficult to establish the movements and points of settlement of the Henckel's, Henkel's, Hinkle's, Henkle's in Frederick County, Maryland when it was a Province of Virginia. It formerly included what is now Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties. Washington County was established September 6, 1776 out of Frederick, and Garrett County out of Allegany in 1789. There were six districts or settlements in Garrett and Allegany Counties during the period of 1799 to 1817 namely: The Glades, Selbysport, Westerport, Musselanes, Cumberland and Old Town. (By the compiler.)
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William Sumner Junkin, Minnie Wyatt Junkin, The Henckel Genealogy 1500--1960, 1964, pg 21, 151-153.
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